Just got shut down in the worst way. I took a visiting friend up BoCan climbing, opened my pack, and immediately felt the horror of realizing that I have lost almost twenty Petzl Spirit quickdraws, which there is no way possible of replacing. Checkmate on me. Lost on 10/22/2013

The last time I had them was on Tuesday, when my friend Cody Scarpella and I were up at Coney Island and then Nip & Tuck. We used his draws and my rope, so I obviously pulled the black, zip-up bag of Spirits out of my pack and left them at one of those crags.

I can't express how important those draws are to me, and I'm faintly hopeful that one of you found them and can get them back to me. Betsy and I have been financially under water for some time now, and there is no possible way that I can replace those draws. I can't shake the knot in my stomach.

If you have them or know someone who picked them up, Please contact me at your earliest convenience.

I dunno about that. Most "I lost some gear" threads are full of climbers acting like jackals and telling the person that they are a noob and their gear is finders keepers. Though in this instance, your ask for help seems to have been met with a pleasant amount of kindness from folks. I'm glad you got your stuff back though, and it is in fact refreshing to see folks playing nice for a change.